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16 THE CABOL3NIAH RALEIGH, N. C.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1860 NCC Eagles Eke Out Win Over Aggies In Turkey Day Classic HE IS A PWsCISE, INSPIRING- * “A” PIAVfeR WHO BLOCKS AND TACKLES .--■§•!■ .„„ w 1 "heneeds?aum« s •*• Wy~stSj»s X' A\USTAPDAND KETCHUP Too.. K BW* f;::VW... V ; NORMAN IS RATED ON A PAR. WITH ‘V / ' OTHEP. FAMED <SRAMBUNe <?BADS WILLIE CAV^C -c*»*>*~~&**~-.****" <■ » ERNIE LADD AND BUC« BUCHANAN ' 1 MM** *- nr WPk * ,#■&% |M| ....■W;..TTr. * '!* iMflilin i • *MMP ? t > £ V <||ir 1 “ F w ~ir J STRETCHED VICTORIES TO 13 - Los Angeles: Undefeated Joe Frazier knocks Eddie Machen through the ropes in the first round and goes on to score a 10th round knockout, Frazier stretched his string of victories to 13 when the fight was stopped after 22 seconds of the 10th round as Machen stood with his arms down and helpless against the ropes. (UPI PHOTO). ’Bama State Downs Tuskegee In Turkey Day Classic 35-14 BY REID E. JACKSON MONTOGMERY, Ala. - Gene Blanchard, a mercury-footed 180-pound senior tailback from Grosse, Tete, La., led the Ala bama State College Hornets to a convincing 35-14 victory over the Tuskegee Institute Golden Tigers in the 43rd renewal of their annual Thanksgiving clas sic here in Cramton Bowl ’Bama State drew first blood in the contest when Blanchard danced into the end zone for the TD after Hornet tackle James Williams blocked Palm er Sullins’ attempt to boot out of trouble on the Tiger five yard stripe. Shrine Youth Bowl Game To Draw 10,000 Saturday WINSTON - SALEM - Ten thousand fans are expected to be on hand when the eastern allstars clash with the western ers Saturday, 1 p. m. at Bow man Gray Stadium, in the 10th annual Shrine Youth Bowl Game, sponsored by the Shriners of the Desert of North Carolina. Coaches T. M. Martin and Charlie England brought their charges in from the West Sun day and began a hard drill of coordination, in the first train ing session Monday morning. Walter Hunter and Ike Boone had the opportunity of seeing most of their boys, from the east, play. They also had to set up plays that all the mem bers of the east squad could catch very quickly. Persons who know the four coaches predict that this will be a game of strategy and could be decided on the breaks. Hunt er has had Bowl Game exper ience due to the fact that he was in charge of the team that sported such names as Jimmy Rave, Pat White, and Dickie Westmoreland. The game has been the lever by which many of its alumni have gone to the top in both college and pro ball. This ' ear’s game is expected to draw |J^j itfSuNliifc MiWISPSI " p * is #fM Williams, whose home is in Tuskegee, proved to be a con stant scourge to the visitors as he repeatedly dumped Tiger backs for big losses. Promi nent also In the surging charge of the Hornet forward wall were end John Pugh, who recovered Tiger Art Brown’s fumble on the ASC 49, and linebacker Johnnie Flen. Other Hornet TD’s came on a two-yard plunge by halfback Johnny Pleasant and a 25-yard pass from quarterback Harry Scott to substitute end Ralph Miller, filling in for Injured Jer ry Allen. Charles Mitchell, re cent R-C Cola SIAC Player a bumper crop or scouts from proteams, big ten colleges and local colleges. Duke, Wake Forest, Carolina, State, along with A&T, North Carolina Col lege, Livingstone, Morgan, Florida A&M and many other national colleges, will be on hand to make overtures to these boys who will be playing their last game as high school play ers. The festivities will begin with a dinner in the dining hall of Winston Salem State College, Friday night. The coaches, the teams, the scouts, news paper people, radio and televi sion representatives, will be the guest of the Shrine Youth Bowl Committee and the Sportsmen Club. A Caberet party will fol low the dance. It will be held at the Masonic Temple. A bevy of contestants will be presented to the fun lovers and a queen who will reign over the Saturday activities, will be crowned. Jack Penn, parade marshal, announced that the biggest parade ever, featuring several bands, marching clubs and floats, will move off promptly at 11 a. m. and make its way to the stadium, where play will begin at 1 p. m. of the Week, cashed in on three of his four kicks for the ex tra point while Scott tossed to Grant Clark for a two-pointer. The Hornets scored in every period as they limited the vaunt ed Tuskegee running attack to only 84 yards while the ASC backs rolled up 277 yards on the ground. However the Tig ers chalked up 271 yards in the air as they hit for 12 out of 32 pass attempts while the Hornets gained 87 yards in com pleting six of 15 aerials. Tuskegee got on the score board in the first quarter, af ter Blanchard’s initial TD, when James Reynolds sneaked over from the one to cap a sustain ed Tiger 55-yard drive. The kick after the touchdown, which would have knitted the count failed, and the score stood 7-6 in favor of the Hornets. Trailing 23-6 in the final quarter, ’Shegee earned its last TD on a 55-yard fling from Reynolds to Ralph Jenkins and the two-point conversion play made it 28-14, Making it three in a row over Tuskegee, Alabama State both retired the Coca Cola trophy for this series in the Turkey Day affair and clinched their sec ond straight Section “B" SIAC crown. As a reward for his after noon’s efforts, Blanchard re ceived the Coca-Cola trophy as the most valuable player for the Hornets. This made Blanchard a two-time winner as he earn the coaches’ nod last year for the award. James Lowe cop ped a similar cup as the Tig ers’ MVP. World Heavyweight Champ ion Cassius Clay, or Muhammad All as he calls him self, was spe cial guest at the game and sat in the Tuskegee stands. * * * Scientists have found that heart disease takes milder forms in physically active men. The North Carolina Heart As sociation suggests that regular exercise should become a part of daily life for every man, woman and child. Eagles Narrowly Defeat Aggies To Place In Race DURHAM - North Carolina College’s Eagles defeated their arch-rivals from North Car olina A&T College in a Thanks giving Day Carolina Classic battle that featured dazzling de fensive play bv both football teams. The 12-6 victory gave Coach James Stevens’ charges their sixth win of the season. Ste vens, in his second year, has posted two wins against Bert Piggott’s Aggies. Defensive play by both teams made the game a thriller. The Aggies’ Elvin Bethea was nam ed asA&T’smost valuable play er for his bone-crushing tac kles. Bethea recovered two Eagle fumbles in the process. With the Eagles’ star end Roosevelt Robertson closely covered on almost every play, freshman end Julian Martin walked away with NCC’s most valuable player award. Eagle quarterback Herman Mathews, Terry Cole, and Walter Funder burk also found willing and cap able receivers in halfbacks 01- lis Carson, Colen Oliver, and Roy Anderson. Mathews, who started the game for the Eagles, passed 19 yards to Martin to set up the first touchdown of the game ear ly In the first quarter. From the four-yard line, Mathews then passed to Oliver and sneak ed across from the one for the score. Aggie back Mike Johnson re turned a 39-yard punt by Billy Shropshire to A&T’s 30-yard marker to start the Greensbo ro team’s touchdown drive. Quarterback Craig Sills threw a six-yard pass to Johnson to keep the drive going. Pass in terference by NCC left the Ag gies on NCC’s 30-yard line. . ®jp» \ * \ ■ft‘- *5 ‘ |K DANCING IT' IN - Los Angeles: Los Angeles Lakers Walt Hazard uses a little body English and a few words to control the ball as It rolls on the top of the hoop during the first period of the Lakers-Chlcago Bulls game Nov. 23. The ball went in for two points. The Lakers were leading the Bulls 115 to 97 early in the last period of the game. (UPI PHOTO). f§U] AL ROOKIE OF YEAR - Mobile, Ala.: Chicago White Sox centerflelder, Tom Agee, is congratulated by his manager, Eddie Stanley, after he was named American League Rookie of the year Nov. 23. Both are from Mobile. (UPI PHOTO). White Policeman Cleared In Death Os Ex-Boxer, Richard F. Haggan CHICAGO (NPI) - A coroner’s jury found a white policeman was justifying in slaying Rich ard F. Haggan, 40, Joe Louis’ former sparring partner, dur ing an arrest for a traffic vio lation. But witnesses for the Haggan family disputed policemen’s testimony, on which the find ing of justifiable homicide was based. These witnesses said Patrol man Burleigh Ginkel, who fat ally shot Haggan, failed to warn him and pointed his pistol at Haggan. Halfback Richard Armstrong carried for seven yards in two plays, Willie Vaughn ran ten yards for a first down, and a Sills pass to Johnson result ed In the touchdown. Third-quarter events includ , ed two fumbles recoveries by ' A&T, one by Bethea and one by Warren Frye, and Eagle end Thomas Cameron’s intercep tion of a pass by Sills. Eagle halfback Stanley Gibbs Intercepted a final quarter pass from Sills and ran 14 yards to the Aggies two-yard line, set ting up the second NCC touch down. Willie Taylor lost one yard and Funderburk passed to Robertson for the touchdown. With gametime running out, the Eagles attempted to sew up the match with a field goal attempt by Richard Howard. The kick was to the left of the goal, and a startling series of ball exchanges began. Sills fumbled the ball for the Aggies on the 28-yard line. Re covery for the Eagles was made by tackle Jerome Gantt. Half back Anderson ran to the two yard line on the Eagles’ first then fumbled. With his back to the wall, Sills threw a pass that was In tercepted by Eagle Thomas Cameron. Anderson, on the three-yard line, fumbled again. Aggie Henry Hipps recovered at the three. His chance for another score almost gone, Sills went for the long bomb. He threw one In complete pass, then found John son on the 8, threw another Incomplete pass, sent halfback Vaughn to the 15 for a first down, and threw four more in complete passes to end the game, Lathtaus Grady, aSouthsider, who said he witnessed the shoot ing, testified that Ginkel point ed his pistol at Haggan after drawing it and shot the ex boxer, after a delay of 45 sec onds, “for no apparent reason.” Ginkel testified that a fight broke out as Ginkel and his partner, Joseph Pavlov, tried to put Haggan into the police car after the traffic violation ar rest. Haggan put his right hand in to his pocket, and told Ginkel, “Now you're going to get NCC SENIORS AND COACH - The senior members Os the North C:u elina college ten: hail team pose with Coach James Stevens and Henry M. Mlchaux, Jr., president of the NCC National Alumni Association with the Bull Eagle H Trophy. NCC now lias two legs on the trophy by virtue of its 12-6 win over A&T College Thanksgiving Day In Durham. Shown in the picture from left to right are, kneeling, Louis Bell and Edwin Jones. Standing: Colon Oliver, Mlchaux, Roosevelt Robertson, Herman Byrd and Stevens. Tie extra leg behind Oliver belongs to ace punter Billy Shropshire, Five Vets Form Nucleus For A&T Aggies GREENSBORO - With four of last year’s starters gone via graduation, Cal Irvin, head bas ketball coach for the A&T Col lege Aggies, has problems of almost overwhelming propor tions. Gone are Bob Saunders, team captain, star playmaker and 1965-66 high scorer with 375- points for his senior year, An - thony Skinner, star rebounder and number three in scoring, and consistent performers like Dewey Williams and Jim Web ber. But Irvin hasn’t tossed in the towel, “Wo will just haw to build on win’ . 1 ‘ft,’’ he ex plains. He will build his team around five-good, solid ball players. The list includes: Captain Ted Campbell, a junior, 6-5, 2 35- pounds, who starred In his freshman year, but who had troubles in finding the liasket last season; Co-captain George Mack, last year’s number two in scoring; William Gilmer, a 6-6, 200-pound sophomore, who led the squad in rebounding and excellent court men like Sylvester “Soapy" Adams,Carl Hubbard, Essroy Watts and Nu yours,” Ginkel said. The ex-boxer then moved “menancingly” toward Ginkel, the policeman testified. Ginkel said he then drew his service revolver, pointed it at the ground, and told Haggan to stand still, warning Hag gan that he would shoot him if he took one more step toward him. Haggan kept coming toward him, and Ginkel was forced to shoot him pointed blank in the stomach, the policeman testi fied. aUB KBS §e|M rajftal Iraßß mKm j Sflßfc la&Ofefrk. 4/5 QUART J»W |^ < I!)uxe 1 !)uxe I I KENTUCKY . CINCIKN*n. 3*"° 9 A ■■ 5 2.50 THE BOURBON OE LUXE DISTILLERY COMPANY LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY So PROOF. CONTAINS 49% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. . a • mkLuMl THE CLINCHER - North Carolina College’s Roosevelt Robertson makes a diving catch of a three-yard touchdown pass from Waiter Funderburk in the fourth quarter of the Carolina classic played between NCC and A&T College in Durham Thanksgiving Day before 10,000 spectators. This touchdown was the difference in the game as the Eagles held on to a 12-6 win over A&T. Defending for A&T are Willie Tucker (27), Willie James (74) and Neal Williamson (68). than Peitus. Remind-.'l iiut .he Aggies were able to sign np three of the most sought after basket ball players in North Carolina, Irvin pooh-poohs this. The reference was to Cla rence Montgomery, the 6-6 for ward - center from Charlotte; Curtis Lambert, a 6-6 rebound ing ace from Burlington, and who last season broke all scor ing records at the Jordan Sel lars High School, and another Charlotte star, Daryl Cherry, who at this writing is si ill in football tags. All three were last year named All-State and All Tournament and Cherry was labeled All-American honor able mention. High School Scores FOR NOVEMBER 22 Shepard High - 83 Lockhart High - 58 -two arch rivals clash. West Cary - 45 Hawley High - 53 - West Cary Hornets stingers pulled by a nother pack of Tigers. Morehead (S. B-D) - 77 W. M. Cooper - 78 - Eagles attack Greyhounds in Johnston County, and Greyhounds wait for return bout in Wake.
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